Northside Hawk
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I'll be at Kinnick September 22nd for I hope is the most racous atmopshere in years. We haven't knocked off Wisconsin at home since Shonn Greene was in out backfield. That was a long time ago. It's time to even that up a little bit. Last time I saw Iowa play Wisconsin was the 2010 misery. But my misery had only begun. I still had to drive back to Wisconsin with a carload of delierous Badger fans and stop at a bar in Kieler full of Badger fans who had been drinking all day.
When Kirk thinks he has enough points (and to him that means a two touchdown lead) he doesn't even want the offense out there. No going for the kill, no wearing down a tired defense, no, no, no. He would rather have a soft base defense out there that in theory will chew up time forcing the other team to string first downs together and might, just might force a turnover. When it's works, he slays giants and looks like a genius (2008 Penn State, 2015 Michigan). When it doesn't work, teams hang around and occasionally tire out our defense and steal the game (2005 Northwestern, 2010 November collapse)As a Badger fan who does pay attention to Iowa ball (I lived in Iowa for a dozen years), I think in some ways you are off in your assessments. I still think Iowa plays down and dirty ball but it is on only one side of the ball. It's been the offense, its lack of creativity and explosiveness, that has found ways to get in the way of putting really good teams on the field.
I also wonder about its heart. I mean that in the day-in-day-out heart that it takes to win 10 games a year. A program has to go out every game with the do or die attitude and not thinking that the game's a shoe-in. That starts with the very first practice of the week. I could be wrong on this but it seems like Iowa comes out flat often and places a lot of pressure on its generally stout D.
To me, as a Badger fan, Iowa is scary because if ever you put two sides of the ball together your going to be very tough to beat. Unlike Nebraska which is a mess on both sides of the ball.
I'll be at Kinnick September 22nd for I hope is the most racous atmopshere in years. We haven't knocked off Wisconsin at home since Shonn Greene was in out backfield. That was a long time ago. It's time to even that up a little bit. Last time I saw Iowa play Wisconsin was the 2010 misery. But my misery had only begun. I still had to drive back to Wisconsin with a carload of delierous Badger fans and stop at a bar in Kieler full of Badger fans who had been drinking all day.